🌾 New in The Plant Genome:
Global public–private alliance unites to boost wheat floral biology research & enable cost-effective hybrid seed production.
🔬 Better pollination
🌱 Higher yields
🌍 Climate resilience
#HybridWheat #Genomics #FoodSecurity #AgInnovation
Excited to share the paper from my work in the Dean lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social out now in @cp-molcell.bsky.social. Huge thanks to all the co-authors - it was a great collaborative effort! Watch out for the associated cover artwork coming out next week 🎉 www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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Schulten et al. show that VEL polymerization domains produce higher-order protein
assemblies to maintain chromatin association of Polycomb proteins, enabling a stable
epigenetic switch at the floral r...
The 🌽maize🌽 crew from @rdplab.bsky.social representing at the Maize Genetics Meeting in Köln 🇩🇪
Great discussions, inspiring science & valuable time with the international maize community.
Proud of this team and the contributions we’re making to advance maize reproduction 🌱
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Through an exciting industry–academic collaboration, our new Perspective sets the stage for the next phase of hybrid wheat research. 🌾 We focus on floral biology traits that can increase cross-fertilisation in self-pollinating wheat — paving the way for more effective hybrid seed production.
It's been great to virtually host Alex Eve @amjeve.uk, from the Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social today at the RDP @rdplab.bsky.social for a wonderful webinar on scientific publishing and the different forms we scientists have to contribute to a fairer system 📣
This will be an intersting read for some of you!
Othmeni, M., et al. (2025). Exploring the genetic variation of wheat-Triticum timopheevii introgression lines for flowering morphology traits for hybrid wheat use. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi.org/10.3389/fpls...
